Coincidentally NCDC reports the joint warmest
August global sea surface temperatures on record.
In
August global sea surface temperatures reached record levels — the average temperature was 1.17 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the 20th century average.
Ocean Only:
The August global sea surface temperature was 1.17 °F (0.65 °C) above the 20th century average of 61.4 °F (16.4 °C), the highest on record for August.
Ocean Only: The June -
August global sea surface temperature was 1.13 °F (0.63 °C), above the 20th century average of 61.5 °F (16.4 °C), the highest for June - August on record.
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The August global sea surface temperature beats the previous all - time record (set just two months ago in June).
Not exact matches
The average
global sea surface temperature tied with 2010 as the second highest for January —
August in the 135 - year period of record, behind 1998, while the average land
surface temperature was the fifth highest.
[1] Research findings published in the science journal Nature in
August suggest increased
sea surface temperatures as a consequence of
global warming, will lead to more intense hurricanes.
In
August 2005, Emanuel published a paper in the journal Nature that linked rising North Atlantic and North Pacific
sea surface temperatures, possibly from
global warming, to fiercer hurricanes in the previous 30 years.